Platyceps largeni (Schätti , 2001) — sixth specimen and a distribution extension

Erez Maza; Anat Feldman; Shai Meiri

doi:10.15560/11.1.1517

Check List 11(1): e19115, doi: 10.15560/11.1.1517

Platyceps largeni (Schätti , 2001) — sixth specimen and a distribution extension

Erez Maza^‡, Anat Feldman^‡, Shai Meiri^§

‡ l Aviv University,§ Tel Aviv University, Ireland

Corresponding author: Erez Maza ( mazaerez@post.tau.ac.il )

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Citation: Maza E, Feldman A, Meiri S (2015) Platyceps largeni (Schätti , 2001) — sixth specimen and a distribution extension. Check List 11(1): 1517. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.1.1517

Abstract

We describe the finding, in a museum jar, of the sixth known specimen of the Eritrean snake Platyceps largeni (Scätti, 2001) (synonym, Coluber largeni). The specimen is from Museri Island, Dahlak Archipelago in the Red Sea. This record is the first one for this island and it represents a ca. 50 km range extension of this species, hitherto known from five specimens in a tight cluster of three other islands. This find verifies Schätti’s (2001) prediction that the species might be found in the nearby archipelago islands.

Keywords

Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea, Tel Aviv University Zoological Museum